Kedemah קדמה
Kedemah (קדמה) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Kedemah is found 84,715 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 26:63) — 1.6% above the 83,353 chance alone would give (probability of 84,715 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 84,715
- Chance alone · every skip
- 83,353
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.3 × 10⁻⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,365
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,052 found · chance alone about 7,999 (probability of 8,052 or more by chance alone: 0.28).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 84,715 sequences of קדמה across every skip (2–101,616), 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 83,353); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 26:63, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קדמה was found in the Torah is 101,365 — at Genesis 1:9, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 23,190
- Exodus 15,913
- Leviticus 14,575
- Numbers 19,081
- Deuteronomy 11,956
Examples across the range
5 of the 84,715 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ק ד מ הNumbers 26:63
אֵלֶּה פְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר פָּֽקְדוּ אֶת …
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 233,838 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ד מ הNumbers 26:63
Letter by letter
- ק ד מ הNumbers 26:64
וּבְאֵלֶּה לֹא־הָיָה אִישׁ מִפְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר פָּקְדוּ אֶת …
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 233,906 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ד מ הNumbers 26:64
- קExodus 30:29
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ אֹתָם וְהָיוּ קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים כָּל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהֶם יִקְדָּֽשׁ
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דExodus 30:26
וּמָשַׁחְתָּ בוֹ אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת אֲרוֹן הָעֵדֻֽת
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
- מExodus 30:23
… מַחֲצִיתוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָיִם וּקְנֵה־בֹשֶׂם חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָֽיִם
’Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
- הExodus 30:21
וְרָחֲצוּ יְדֵיהֶם וְרַגְלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יָמֻתוּ וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם חָק־עוֹלָם לוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ לְדֹרֹתָֽם
so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.’
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 124,416 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- קExodus 30:29
- קLeviticus 13:29
וְאִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בוֹ נָגַע בְּרֹאשׁ אוֹ בְזָקָֽן
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דLeviticus 13:49
וְהָיָה הַנֶּגַע יְרַקְרַק אוֹ אֲדַמְדָּם בַּבֶּגֶד אוֹ בָעוֹר אֽוֹ־בַשְּׁתִי אוֹ …
If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest.
- מLeviticus 14:7
… עַל הַמִּטַּהֵר מִן־הַצָּרַעַת שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְטִהֲרוֹ וְשִׁלַּח אֶת־הַצִּפֹּר הַֽחַיָּה …
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.
- הLeviticus 14:22
וּשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים אוֹ שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי יוֹנָה אֲשֶׁר תַּשִּׂיג יָדוֹ וְהָיָה אֶחָד חַטָּאת וְהָאֶחָד עֹלָֽה
and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 159,561 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קLeviticus 13:29
- קGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דExodus 16:9
… אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן אֱמֹר אֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קִרְבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה …
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.’
- מNumbers 8:15
וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְטִֽהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָֽה
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
- הDeuteronomy 34:5
וַיָּמָת שָׁם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
skip 101,365, width 101,365 — one row is 101,365 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 376 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,365 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:9
Across the Tanakh
1,237,197 sequences of קדמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,236,448 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 29,941 found · chance alone about 30,787 (probability of 29,941 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 87,178
- Exodus 67,361
- Leviticus 57,382
- Numbers 72,948
- Deuteronomy 48,538
- Joshua 32,291
- Judges 35,080
- Samuel 79,127
- Kings 92,576
- Isaiah 91,195
- Jeremiah 84,070
- Ezekiel 67,669
- The Twelve 62,134
- Psalms 86,829
- Proverbs 39,597
- Job 41,206
- Song of Songs 5,225
- Ruth 6,812
- Lamentations 6,950
- Ecclesiastes 11,440
- Esther 8,746
- Daniel 31,816
- Ezra–Nehemiah 33,220
- Chronicles 87,807
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק ד ם ה2 Samuel 15:24
וְהִנֵּה גַם־צָדוֹק וְכָֽל־הַלְוִיִּם אִתּוֹ נֹֽשְׂאִים אֶת …
And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God—but Abiathar went up—until all the people had done passing out of the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 459,279 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ד ם ה2 Samuel 15:24
- קEzekiel 1:23
וְתַחַת הָרָקִיעַ כַּנְפֵיהֶם יְשָׁרוֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָהּ …
And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דEzekiel 1:24
… כַּנְפֵיהֶם כְּקוֹל מַיִם רַבִּים כְּקוֹל־שַׁדַּי בְּלֶכְתָּם קוֹל הֲמֻלָּה כְּקוֹל מַחֲנֶה …
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host; when they stood, they let down their wings.
- מEzekiel 1:26
וּמִמַּעַל לָרָקִיעַ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשָׁם כְּמַרְאֵה אֶֽבֶן־סַפִּיר דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא וְעַל …
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.
- הEzekiel 1:27
… לָהּ סָבִיב מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָעְלָה וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמַטָּה רָאִיתִי כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ …
And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round about enclosing it, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 728,587 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קEzekiel 1:23
- ק2 Chronicles 36:23
… לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- דEzekiel 47:1
… כִּֽי־פְנֵי הַבַּיִת קָדִים וְהַמַּיִם יֹרְדִים מִתַּחַת מִכֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית מִנֶּגֶב …
And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the forefront of the house looked toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
- ם1 Samuel 12:8
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּא יַעֲקֹב מִצְרָיִם וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם אֶל־יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוָה אֶת …
When Jacob was come into Egypt, then your fathers cried unto the LORD, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and they were made to dwell in this place.
- הGenesis 1:27
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָֽם
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
skip 398,547, width 398,547 — one row is 398,547 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,985 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,547 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
קדמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קדמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 149.
As a plain word it stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Kedemah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 84,715 sequences of קדמה across every skip (2–101,616), 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 83,353); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Kedemah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 26:63 — the shortest of 84,715 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 83,353.
How is Kedemah spelled in Hebrew?
Kedemah is spelled קדמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 149.
Is Kedemah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
1,237,197 sequences of קדמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,236,448 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 83,353 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.